Senate debates
Monday, 18 June 2007
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (37 speeches)
Debate resumed from 12 June, on motion by Senator Scullion: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Broadband (33 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Is the minister aware of concerns of the Australian Local Government Association President,...
- Workplace Relations (2 speeches)
My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Will the minister inform the Senate of the importance of a modern, flexible...
- Firearms (4 speeches)
I ask the Minister representing the Prime Minister, in the wake of the bloodshed in Melbourne this morning, why has the Prime Minister done essentially nothing since 1996 to reduce the growing...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
Order! I draw the attention of honourable senators to the presence in the gallery of former Senator Mischa Lajovic, a senator for New South Wales from 1975 to 1985. On behalf of all senators, I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Australian Federal Police (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Johnston. Will the minister advise the Senate on current resourcing and funding to the Australian Federal Police to assist in its...
- Broadband (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Is the minister aware that the fact sheet distributed today by her office claims that the...
- Liberal Party (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Minister, does this latest scandal of your government’s use of Kirribilli House for fundraising and entertaining Liberal...
- Iraq (7 speeches)
My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Is the minister aware of comments by the US commander in Iraq that American troops may remain in Iraq...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Firearms (1 speech)
I would like to add to an answer that I gave to Senator Bob Brown earlier in relation to the shooting in Melbourne. Media reports indicate that a person was killed with a handgun in Melbourne...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Broadband (7 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Senator Coonan) to questions without notice asked today relating to...
- Firearms (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance and Administration (Senator Minchin) to a question without notice asked by Senator Bob Brown today relating to...
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The Clerk: A petition has been lodged for presentation as follows:
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Senator Ronaldson to move on the next day of sitting:That the time for the presentation of the report of the Economics Committee on private equity markets be extended to 16 August 2007. Senator...
- Postponement (0 speeches)
The following items of business were postponed: Business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 standing in the name of Senator O’Brien for today, proposing the reference of a matter to the...
- Peace and Non-Violence Commission Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to establish a commission for peace and non-violence, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I move: That this bill may...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I present the explanatory memorandum and I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read...
- Trade Practices Amendment (Predatory Pricing) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (1 speech)
I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to protect competitive markets by prohibiting predatory pricing. Question agreed to. I move: That this bill may proceed without...
- Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— The Trade Practices...
- Middle East (0 speeches)
- (3 speeches)
I move: That the Senate—(a)notes that 10 June 2007 marks 40 years since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights; and(b)calls on the Australian Government...
- Uranium Exports (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I move:That the Senate—(a) notes:(i) the use of a nuclear by-product, polonium-210, sourced from the Russian Federation (Russia) in the murder of Alexander...
- In-Vitro Fertilisation (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
by leave—I move the motion as amended: That the Senate:(a)notes the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s publication, Assisted reproductive technology & adoption: final report,...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Representation of South Australia (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On behalf of the President I table the original certificate of the choice by the Parliament of South Australia of Mary Josephine Fisher, to fill the vacancy in the representation of that state.
- Parliamentary Zone (0 speeches)
- Proposal for Works (1 speech)
In accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Act 1974, I present a proposal for works within the Parliamentary Zone, together with supporting documentation, relating to the construction of...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Electoral Matters Committee; Report (3 speeches)
I present the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Civics and Electoral Education, and seek leave to move a motion in relation to the report. Leave granted. I move: That...
- Delegation Reports (0 speeches)
- Parliamentary Delegation to East Timor (1 speech)
by leave—I present the report of the Australian parliamentary delegation to observe the first round of the 2007 presidential election in East Timor, which took place from 7 to 11 April...
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Report of Community Affairs Committee (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Senator Humphries, I present the report of the committee on the provisions of the National Health Amendment...
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007; Fisheries Levy Amendment Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That intervening business be postponed till after consideration of government business order of the day no. 2, Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007. Question...
- Workplace Relations Amendment (a Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (56 speeches)
Debate resumed from 13 June, on motion by Senator Colbeck: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.50 pm, I propose the question: That the Senate do now adjourn.
- Drugs in Sport (1 speech)
Last year I raised an important issue in adjournment. It was an issue that has gone on to cause some discussion in the elite sporting arena in this country, particularly where Australian Rules...
- Parenting by Grandparents (1 speech)
In May I received the support of the Senate for a resolution that acknowledged the growing number of grandparents who are taking on the role of full-time carers for their grandchildren. Last...
- State Governments (3 speeches)
I want to talk about a publication by the Menzies Research Centre called State of the states. It tells of a fairly dramatic situation about the state governments and also makes quite remarkable...
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I would like to speak tonight about an issue that everyone in this chamber is familiar with, and that is the issue of air travel, and I want to do so in the context of the climate change debate....
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Tabling (0 speeches)
The following documents were tabled by the Clerk: [Legislative instruments are identified by a Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) number] A New Tax System (Commonwealth-State...
